Reversible doll



March 26, 1940. E. BRUCKER REVERSIBLE DOLL Filed April 29, 1939 IYIINVENTOR I E56 Bale/var 1 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 26, 1 940 UNITED.STATES FATENT OFFICE REVERSIBLE 'DoLL Eli Brucker, Miami, Fla.Application April29, 1939, SerialNo.-270,749

Claims. (01. 46-453) This invention relates to dolls, and moreparticularly torag dolls of reversible construction.

cognizance is taken of various forms of rag dolls in this generalcategory, most of these being of the upside down construction containingan exterior head exposed to view, and an inverted interior head enclosedby-a dress or cloak eX tending down to the very bottom of the device,whereby upon turning the doll head down the said skirt or cloak portionflaps down over the previously exposed head to disclose the new headstruction having in both of, its positions a com',

plete combination of head, body, arm and leg portions.

n is 2.150 within the contemplation of this in vention to enable thereversing operation to be readily and easily eiiected by a manualmanipue lation of such a nature as to be particularly attractive tochildren. 1 I

Another object of this invention is to present a structure whichineither of its positions conw *6 rotated about the axis 1 to be moved outthrough the opening in the coat caused by a sepstitutes a firmandjcompact figure. Other objects, features and advantages will appearfrom the drawing and the description hereinafter given. I Referring tothe drawing,

Figure l is a front view of the doll constituting I of the coat to whichit is attachecb Thereafter my invention shown in one of its positions.

Figure 2 represents the struc'tureof Figure 1 with thev coat portionpartially open during the reversing operation, disclosing thedisposition of the inner parts. I

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the doll during a further stage of thereversing operation, and Figure 4 is a front view of the doll after ithad b'een'operatively turned inside out,,the coat portion being open toshow the condition' lof the in} terior thereof.

In Figure 1 of the drawing, the doll constituting my invention is shownin one of its two forms, the parts being securedtogether to present acomplete doll. The structure illustrated in the various figures containsinner and outer head pora compact arrangement.

of said common juncture I. Suitably secured to the coat are the outerand innerarms'l3jand, I4 respectively, corresponding arms beingpreferably secured together at commonjunctures I5 and IS. The outerportion of the coat is'provided with a belt, 11 and the inner portionwith a belt l8. The lower edge IQ of the coat has suitably at-' tachedthereto "the leg portions 20.

In its normal condition the structure presents an appearance of anordinary rag doll, theouter head portion 5 being exposed to View and thecoat being held in its closed position by means of the belt l'lthe armsl3 and the legs 2!] being exteriorly positioned. In' this condition theinner head'ii constitutes the inner body portion of the doll, beingcompletely enveloped by the coat 8.

As can be seen in Figure 2, the inner belt l8 can ifdesired beemployedto tie together the inner arms l4 and the inner head B,-thereb-ypresenting I And when the coat 8 is closed to, completely envelope thesaid inner portions, and the outer belt tied in place, the doll can besufficiently firm in construction to enable it to withstand the type ofrough usage to which such figures are frequently subjected.

Inthe operation of reversing the doll, the belts l1 and. i8 are untied,and the inner head portion aration of the edges I0 and- II thereof. Asthis rotary movement is continued, the outer head 5 issimilarly. rotatedabout said juncture T'as an axis, and "broughtinto engagement with theside the coat is wrapped around said head 5, leaving the headii in anexposed position. The belt l1 isv then tied about the arms I3 and head 5as shown i in Figure 4, and the belt I8 tied around the coat oppositesurface as to color, texture and trimmings.

It will be noted that the leg portions are always exposed to view and atthe bottom of the figure, inasmuch as the doll has not been turnedupside down in order to effect the change from one configuration to theother. This constitutes a decided improvement over other reversibledoll.

structures which are of the upside down type, and which, as aforesaid,cannot be provided with leg portions.

The operation of reversing the doll is obviously simple enough to beeffectuated by any child, and yet it requires a manner of manipulationwhich in itself can prove extremely fascinating.

It is understood that instead of heads 5 and 6, body portions includingheads can be employed within the contemplation of this invention-itbeing also understood that the various embodiments above described andshown in the drawing are illustrative of my invention and not employedby way of limitation, inasmuch as numerous other changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the appended claimswithout departing from the spirit of this invention.

I claim: v i

l. A doll comprising a coat portion with an opening in the side thereof,and two body portions secured to the coat portion in opposed relation toeach other, the coat portion being adapted to envelope one of the bodyportions while the other is exteriorly disposed with respect thereto,the opening in the coat extending to the .region of the body portionswhereby the inner body portion is movable through the opening to anexterior position.

2. A doll comprising a coat portion with an opening in the side thereof,and twobody portions secured at a common juncture to the coat portion inopposed relation to each other, the coat portion being adapted toenvelope one of the body portions while the other is exteriorly disposedwith respect thereto, the opening in the coat extending to the region ofthe said juncture whereby the inner body portion is movable through ithe opening to anexterior position.

3. A doll comprisinga coat portion with an opening in the side thereof,and two body portions secured at a common juncture to the coat por tionin opposed relation to each other, the coat portion being adapted toenvelope one of the body portions while the other is exteriorly disposedwith respect thereto, the opening in the coat extending to the region ofthe said juncture, the

body portion within the coat being movable about said juncture as anaxis and out through the opening to an exterior position.

4. A doll. comprising a coat. portion with an opening in'the sidethereof, and two body porposed relation to each other, the coat portionbe ing adapted to envelope one of the body portions while the other isexteriorly disposed with respect thereto, the edges forming said openingbeing secured together at the region of attachment of the body portionsto the coat portion, the inner body portion being movable through theopening to an exterior position.

6. A doll comprising a coat portion with an opening in the side thereof,two heads, two sets of arms and two belts secured to the coat portion onopposite sides thereof, thecoat being adapted to envelope one of theheads and one set of arms While the other head and arms are exteriorlydisposed withrespect thereto, each belt being so positioned as to beadapted to be tied around the head and arms on the same side of the coatportion when enveloped thereby, the heads, arms and belts beingoperably, movable through said opening upon an operative manipulation ofthe doll.

7. A dollaccording to claim 6, the oppositely disposed heads, arms andbelts being secured to the coat portion at common junctures.

8. A doll comprising a coat portion with a 1ongitudinal opening in theside thereof, two body portions secured to the coat portion in opposedrelation to each other, and two leg portions depending from the bottomof the coat portion, the coat portion being adapted to envelope one ofthe body portions while} the other is exteriorly disportions dependingfrom the bottom of the coat portion, the coat portion being adapted toenvelope one of the body portions while the other is 'exteriorlydisposed with respect thereto, the opening in the coat extending to theregion of the said juncture, both of said body portions bv" ingrotatable about said juncture as an axis whereby they are operablymovable through the saidopening. v

10. A doll comprising a coat portion with an opening in the sidethereof, two heads, two sets of arms and two belts secured to'the coatportion on opposite sides thereof, the heads being sevcured to. the coatportion at a common juncture,

the coat being adapted to envelope one of the heads and one set ofarmswhile the other head and arms are exteriorly disposed with respectthereto, each belt being so positioned as to be adapted to be tiedaround the head and arms on the same side of the coat portion whenenveloped thereby, the heads being rotatable about said juncture as anaxis whereby they are operably movable through the opening to effect areversal of the doll. V

ELI BRUCKER.

